Word & Images

Flowers

It's Friday. I want to buy myself some flowers. I deserve to have flowers and I don't need anybody else to buy them for me. I'm strong, independent and happy. Life is funny. You meet somebody and then there're gone. Just like that. In two months one can decide that they don't want to spend anymore time with you. Ok, I'm sad. Maybe flowers will cheer me up.

Anthony Burrill

Anthony Burrill. Genius. I especially like this video. Not sure what it's about or why it was made but it's definitely art. Anthony Burrill was one who made the print saying "Work Hard & Be Nice To People." Words I live by every day. Have a Daisy Daisy day!

Michelle Plays Ping Pong from Anthony Burrill on Vimeo.

"I Believe in Pink"

I can't believe that I haven't seen this quote before. Leave it Audrey Hepburn to say the most perfect inspiring words. Happy Sunday. May you laugh, kiss, be strong, be pretty and believe in Pink all day today!
{This poster of Audrey Hepburn's famous quote can be purchased at the esty store 3LambsGraphics}

Thinking of You

I love this little card shop on Esty called maybeyoushoulddie. Love the name too. I like words and quotes and just saying what you want to say. I've been thinking about someone lately. Same someone I'm always thinking of (and can never seem to stop thinking about.) This would be a perfect card to send to him. We didn't meet this way but it's close enough. Check out more cards from maybeyousoulddie. Good stuff!

Conversations With Myself

"Today I had a conversation with my true self. She asked me why I had abandoned her, why I had ignored all her constant advice. And then she reminded me of all the things I had forgotten. And never once did she say, I told you so. It is here where she must begin to tell her story." I started a journal today. I picked up this beautiful little book to write in at a store in Seattle but you can get yours at www.live-inspired.com.

R.I.P. Brittany Murphy

One of my favorite actresses died on December 20, 2009. Today the corner released the cause of her death. Sadness has struck the world as there will be no more funny, silly, crazy, girly Brittany Murphy movies. I think I've seen everything she has acted in. I loved her range from funny to serious. The last movie I saw was Love And Other Disasters. Very cute movie. R.I.P. Brittany. You will be missed.

Hello Kitty! It's a good day.

It's the little things in life that should make you happy, right? Well it's the little things that keep me going everyday waiting for the big dreams to happen. Something that made me smile today was getting my Hello Kitty debit card in the mail today. I've had this card for a couple years but last week I lost it. So I called and cancelled it and the women that I talked to said that it was not available anymore. I would be getting a regular Bank of America card in the mail. My heart broke a little. So I waited a week and today my card came in the mail. It was my lovely Hello Kitty card. Brand spanking shiny new! Oh happy day! It is the little things that make me smile. And now some retail therapy. Where should I use my card today?

100!

This is my 100th post! I'm getting better at posting but finding new material is getting harder. So today I leave you with words that I look at everyday to inspired me to keep moving, keep living, keep loving. Because everyday you should LIVE WHAT YOU LOVE. You can find this print on etsy from hijirik studio.

Perfect

I like this. "Don't expect everything you make to be perfect." I have always strived for perfection and mostly it just disappoints me. So over time I've learned to embrace this, that not everything I do or make will be perfect. Not that I shouldn't always do my best, because I do and I try really hard but not everything I do is perfect.

This print is from Linocutboy on etsy. Check it out.

WORDS TO LIVE BY

New Year, New Pink

Tanya has woken up from a coma! I haven't posted since September 2008! But I'm back so if you use to read my blog please come back too! Here is a toast to a new year and new president (tomorrow) and a new pink drink! Run don't walk and get you new years drink on!

With all my LOVE TANYAIngredients:
6 raspberries
2 oz. Stoli Razberi
1 oz. sweet and sour mix
1 oz. cranberry juice
1/2 oz. cream
1 bottle sparkling white wine

Crush three raspberries in a cocktail shaker. Add Stoli Razberi, sweet and sour mix, cranberry juice and cream. Shake and strain. Top with a splash of sparkling wine and garnish with three raspberries on a toothpick.

Feel like a cupcake?

Or feel like a cupcake should dress. Cupcakes, yummy.

Wise Advice

I can't remember where I found this picture/print but it's my new obbession. So simple, six words that everyone should live by. I guess it's basically my life moto. If everything could be so simple.....

CB2 Livin'

CB2 , the online store, is always adding items to their sale. I just came across this print which is on sale of course. I'm really feeling that statement right now "Living for the City". Of course I would like to live closer to the city before I display this in my home but believe me someday I will live downtown or closer to downtown Seattle than I do now. Or maybe someday I'll move to a bigger city....I think I ready for anything right now.

LOVE WHAT YOU DO

I think we all strive to find our passion in life, that thing we really LOVE to do. And the lucky ones get to do it everyday and get paid for it. Life is about passion and feeling and moving and evolving. Every moment should count. I can't say I "love" what I do (not all the time at least) but my foot is in the right direction. I like what I do....lol.... and someday I know I will love what I do. LOVE WHAT YOU DO. *This creative picture comes from Kim Charmley a Danish graphic designer who started her own studio IMI Design in Copenhagen.

This picture has always fascinated me. But now more than ever because it reminds me of the state of my life right now. Everything is broken but that chair can be re-upholstered and the walls can be built up again, re-painted, the unwanted garbage swept away. This room can be beautiful again. And as long as you have PINK you can survive anything.